Interesting thing is that it would make a big difference if that planet wasn't in the background.

I have to agree with that. :P
Anyway, I managed to take shots of my other desktops yesterday. Didn't get a shot of Vista because it boots so damned slow, it's totally unbearable. D:
My shooptastic XP desktop:
PCLinuxOS2007. The sprite I was working on in the picture looks like crap, yes, 'cause I'm still not done with it. :P